| Description |
1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The feminist companion to the Bible ; 2nd ser., no. 2 |
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Feminist companion to the Bible ; 2nd ser., no. 2.
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| Contents |
pt. I. In general -- Wisdom and creation / Roland E. Murphy -- pt. II. Wisdom literature -- A figure with many facets : the literary and theological functions of personified wisdom in Proverbs 1-9 / Gerlinde Baumann -- The gender and motives of the wisdom teacher in Proverbs 7 / Alice Ogden Bellis -- Conflicting attractions : parental wisdom and the 'strange woman' in Proverbs 1-9 / Christl Maier -- Qoheleth the 'old boy' and Qoheleth the 'new man' : misogynism, the womb and a paradox in Ecclesiastes / Eric S. Christianson -- 'Many devices' (Qoheleth 7.23-8.1) : Qoheleth, misogyny and the Malleus maleficarum / Carole R. Fontaine -- Wisdom literature among the witchmongers / Brian B. Noonan -- What about Job? Questioning the book of 'the righteous sufferer' / Christl Meier and Silvia Schroer -- Lady Wisdom and Dame Folly at Qumran / Sidnie White Crawford -- Aseneth as wisdom / Ross S. Kraemer -- Part III. Feminists read the Psalms -- 'O God, hear my prayer' : Psalm 55 and violence against women / Ulrike Bail -- 'Under the shadow of your wings' : the metaphor of God's wings in the Psalms, Exodus 19.4, Deuteronomy 32.11 and Malachi 3.20, as seen through the perspectives of feminism and the history of religion / Silvia Schroer -- Hearing the cries unspoken : an intertextual-feminist reading of Psalm 109 / Beth LaNeel Tanner |
| Summary |
While the Wisdom volume in the first Feminist Companion series investigated multiple aspects of characterizations of women found in Wisdom literature, the 13 essays in this volume move beyond the study of the characterization of females that formed one of the first steps of modern feminist criticism-the recovery of what had been ignored or trivialized by androcentric readings dominant through the centuries. This second volume takes up questions of voice, exclusion and construction as well as the reinforcement of world views that, while perhaps necessary to the survival of the postexilic commun |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-320) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Wisdom literature -- Feminist criticism
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Bible. Psalms -- Feminist criticism
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Bible. Psalms fast |
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Bibel Altes Testament gnd |
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Bibel Psalmen gnd |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Wisdom Literature.
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Feminist criticism
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Feministische Theologie
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Weisheitsliteratur
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Exegese
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Oude Testament.
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Wijsheidsliteratuur.
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Feministische theologie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brenner, Athalya
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Fontaine, Carole R
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| ISBN |
9781441138071 |
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1441138072 |
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